scholarly journals Program to Manage New and Expensive Drugs in Pediatrics: Profile of a New Drug Policy and a 12-Month Descriptive Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Corny ◽  
Camille Cotteret ◽  
Élaine Pelletier ◽  
Philippe Ovetchkine ◽  
Jean-François Bussières

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> With growing financial pressure and the range of new and expensive drugs, hospital administrators, clinicians, and pharmacy directors are facing tough decisions on how to manage drug budgets. At a Canadian mother–child hospital, a policy for new and expensive drugs was developed, with the goal of managing their use and costs.</p><p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To describe the development and implementation of a policy for new and expensive drugs in a mother-child teaching hospital and to describe the profile of requests for these therapies over a 12-month period.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> A brainstorming session was conducted with members of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee to define the criteria for new and expensive drugs at the study hospital and a new process to evaluate requests for these drugs. Over the 12-month period following implementation of the policy, all requests for new and expensive drugs were evaluated through collection and analysis of relevant data.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The new drug policy was launched on October 1, 2014. Over the following 12-month period, a total of 58 requests for new and expensive drugs were discussed, but only 47 request forms were completed and signed by a physician and a clinical pharmacist.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> New and expensive drugs represent a challenge for clinicians and hospital stakeholders. This study illustrates the implementation of a new policy for these drugs in a mother–child teaching hospital over a 12-month period.</p><p><strong>RÉSUMÉ</strong></p><p><strong>Contexte :</strong> Les budgets de plus en plus serrés et la gamme de médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux placent les administrateurs, les cliniciens et les directeurs de pharmacie des hôpitaux devant des décisions difficiles en ce qui touche la gestion des dépenses en médicaments. On a mis au point, dans un hôpital canadien mère-enfant, une politique concernant les médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux avec pour objectif de gérer leur utilisation et leurs coûts.</p><p><strong>Objectifs :</strong> Décrire l’élaboration et la mise en place d’une politique sur les médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux dans un hôpital universitaire mère-enfant et décrire le profil des demandes pour ces pharmacothérapies sur une période de 12 mois.</p><p><strong>Méthodes :</strong> Les membres du comité de pharmacologie ont procédé à une séance de remue-méninges dans le but de définir les critères pour les médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux dans l’hôpital à l’étude et un nouveau processus servant à évaluer les demandes pour ces médicaments. Au cours des 12 mois suivant la mise en place de la politique, toutes les demandes pour des médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux ont été évaluées à l’aide d’une cueillette et d’une analyse de données pertinentes.</p><p><strong>Résultats :</strong> La nouvelle politique sur les médicaments a été lancée le 1er octobre 2014. Au cours des 12 mois suivants, un total de 58 demandes pour des médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux ont été analysées, mais seulement 47 formulaires de demande ont été remplis et signés par un médecin et un pharmacien clinicien.</p><p><strong>Conclusions :</strong> Les médicaments nouveaux ou coûteux représentent un défi pour les cliniciens et les parties prenantes des hôpitaux. La présente étude décrit la mise en place d’une nouvelle politique pour ces médicaments dans un hôpital universitaire mère-enfant sur une période de 12 mois.</p>

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-516
Author(s):  
Giovana Pimentel Gurgueira ◽  
Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre

This non-experimental and cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to evaluate medical reports recommending work restrictions for workers at a teaching hospital in Brazil. A form was used for data collection, characterizing the medical reports and work restrictions, with its content previously validated. A total of 176 medical reports was analyzed, containing 337 work restrictions, recommended from January 2001 to January 2004. The results demonstrated a high rate of work restrictions in the study hospital. The most restrictions frequent were ergonomic (78.6%), and the most often prescribed were: no weight lifting or carrying and no repetitive movements. There was an average of two restrictions per medical report, 79.5% of which were definitive and the mean restriction period was 13 months.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 239920262110627
Author(s):  
Roland Nnaemeka Okoro ◽  
Kasim Abdullahi ◽  
Dauda Ayuba Dayar

Background: Proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) is a widely used medication class globally. Because of its good safety profile, there is a huge likelihood of inappropriate use. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of PPI use and indications, describe its pattern of usage, and identify factors associated with inappropriate prescriptions at a federal tertiary teaching hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Methods: PPI prescriptions were retrospectively assessed in the General Outpatients’ Department (GOPD) and Gastroenterology Unit (GITU) of a teaching hospital. Relevant data for the study were extracted from the patients’ medical records. Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests where appropriate were used to identify factors associated with inappropriate PPI prescriptions. A p < 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results: PPIs were prescribed to 73.3% (220/300) of patients, while inappropriate prescriptions were noted in 91.4% (201/220) of these patients. Epigastric pain (49.5%) was the most common PPI indication, while omeprazole was the highest prescribed (53.4%). Nearly all inpatients (98.2%), those with epigastric pain (95.7%), and patients who were prescribed intravenous PPIs had more inappropriate PPI prescriptions compared to others. Conclusion: This study revealed a high prevalence of PPI use and inappropriate prescriptions at the study hospital. As a result, these findings highlight the importance PPI-based stewardship program at the study hospital.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrêssa Batista Possati ◽  
Lisie Alende Prates ◽  
Luiza Cremonese ◽  
Juliane Scarton ◽  
Camila Neumaier Alves ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective: To know the meanings attributed to humanized childbirth by nurses of an obstetric center. Method: A qualitative descriptive study was carried out with nurses from a teaching hospital, located in southern Brazil. An operational proposal was used. The participants were six nurses who worked in the service. Results: The humanization of childbirth was understood as a set of practices and attitudes based on dialogue, empathy and embracement; the provision of guidelines; the appreciation of parturients' singularities; the performance of procedures proven to be beneficial to maternal and child health and continuous professional updating. Conclusion: The humanization of birth is still a challenge in professional practice. The role of women, the respect for their rights and the commitment of health professionals are the foundation of the humanization of childbirth.


Author(s):  
Cassou R. Adjoby ◽  
Soh V. Koffi ◽  
Ibrahima S. Balde ◽  
Denis Effoh ◽  
Eleonore Gbary Lagaud ◽  
...  

Background: The iterative caesarean section, is a caesarean section that is performed on a uterus already healed, therefore for fear of maternal and perinatal risks, is recognized as one of the main causes of the inflation of caesarean section in the world. One in three caesarean sections is performed because of a scar uterus. Objective of this study was to analyse the epidemiological and clinical factors of iterative caesarean sections in the gynecology-obstetrics department at the Teaching Hospital of Cocody (Abidjan).Methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study conducted from June 1st, 2018 to May 31st, 2019, including 349 iterative caesarean section cases.Results: The first iterative C-section accounted for 16.1% of the C-section indications during the study period. The average age of the patients was 30 years. Nearly half of the patients practiced in the informal sector 47.9%, were uneducated in 38.1% of cases and lived with a partner in 73.1% of cases. The majority of patients in this series 75.1% performed at least 4 ANCs. Patients were followed by prenatal visits in 61% of cases by midwives and in 8.6% of cases had an inter-reproductive space of less than 18 months. This study patients were evacuated in 46.4% of cases. Acute fetal distress was the first indication of first iterative caesarean section with 20.3% of cases. Emergency caesarean sections accounted for 84.4% of the cases in this series. Authors found maternal death 0.3% and 6.7% perinatal mortality.Conclusions: The iterative caesarean section is a caesarean section likely to cause difficulties and complications per- operative. Although in constant improvement the prognosis of the mother-child couple still remains a problem in this context, prenatal monitoring should be the prerogative of obstetrician gynecologists.


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